Disappearing bed.



E.- C. PICHER.

DISAPPEARING BED. APPLICATIQN FILED APR. 20, |914.

l Patented Aug. 7,1917.

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` isi-13 ATTORNEY 'ELMER C. PITCHER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

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21,236,348f Specification o Application-med April 20, 1914.

To all whomiz't may concern.'

Be itknown that I, ELMER C.l PITCHER,

4a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State address is.

of California, (whose post-oliice Fifth & Bryant Sts.,) have invented a new and useful Improvement in Disappearing Beds, of which v'the following is a specification. A

.This invention relates more particularly to pivoted beds, adapted to -s-wingint'o and out of closets," throughan openingin vthe wall narrower than the width of the bed. Among'the objects of this invention are:

out of closets 4independent of the door, and have a movement tangential tothe are of the swing movement;

To so support the 4bed in its evolution i that Vit may swing into 'a shallow closet, through a narrow door opening and leave a g free passage through the opening, when-'the bed is in the operative and inoperative positions, independent of the door, so that the door may be closed and locked when the bed is in either osition. y l

Other obgects and advantages will appear as thedescription progresses. I' shall outline in full that form of the invention selected for illustration in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification. The novelty of the invention will be included in.' the claims succeeding said description. From Ithis it will be apparent that I do not restrict myself to the showing made by said drawing and descrip- A tion, as I may adopt m'any variations, with- 1n the scope of my invention as expressed in said claims. 4

In the drawings:

Figure 1-- is a front elevation of a rotating door jamb having supporting brackets fixed thereto, supporting a folding bed in accordance with this invention.

jacent side of the door frame is l.provided To `provide a-pivotalhanger for folding beds whereby they may be swung .into and- Fig. 2- is a plan view from above of thesame; partially in cross 'section' on the line f Letters Patent,

Serial No, 833,234.V

pivotal center of the rotary jamb.

Patented nag. v, fait. .l

The top and bottom supporting brackets 9 and 10, are iXed' tothe ja'mb by the screws ll tapped into the shaft. These brackets 'may' be attached in various other Ways; and the rotary jambconstructedvin a manner most suitable-for thepurpose intended'. For economy in construction the brackets Q'and l0, are alike each being provided with the rollers l2--12, upon which thek top and bottom rails 13 and 14 of the head of the bed are adapted to travel.

tions of the drawing pape);` in Figs. 1V and 2, the width of the bed is shown as overhanging the door opening. vIt isobvious however, that by rolling the bed laterally,I the -full door opening is available, permitting the closing and locking f the door whenv.ever the bed is entirely within orl outside of the closet.

ForV convenience Vin handling, the head of the bed is provided' with l l5 and 16 to support the overhanging portion of the bedstead, when it is moved laterally on the hangers. These rollers are prefi erably slightly above the plane of the'ioor, to avoid dragging on the carpet during the evolutions of the. bed. The rollers 15 and supporting rollers l Owing to the limitathe overhanging weight, if the bed. is moved in the let-down or operative position, or if it is moved without being centered on the hangers.` Practice hasproven that the extra,

weight of the occupants in the bed will cause these rollers to bear on the floor without unc duly strainin nisms. 1

For greater lucidity in the drawings the invention is disclosed in its simplest form.

g any of the associated mecha- Obviously beds constructed in accordance with this invention could be modied tocompletely conceal or disguise the presence of the variousv supporting fixtures as the occasion may require.

The bed operates substantially as follows;

The bedstead folded up as in'Fig. 1, is rolled on the hangers until the weight centers thereon. This lifts theroller's 15 and 16 clear of the carpet, throwing the weight onto the chafing plate 17, at the bottom of the' rotary jamb. In this position the bed is swung into the closet on the shaft 2, that is the axis of the swinging movement. The lateral travel of the` bedstead on the roller hangers is tangental tothe are of the swing about the axis 2. This tangental movement makes it possible to maneuver the bed in swinging it through a narrow opening, into a shallow closet until it assumes the position illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, in which position the hangers are on the opposite side of the center from the operative position, in which position they necessarily overhang the door opening within the closet, not a material objection. The reversal of the rotaryjamb now presents the stops 6 to the edge of the door, into which it may be locked as described in connection with the stops 5. The rotary jamb can be trimmed to harmonize with the adjacent door trim making it a scarcely noticeable modification of the conventional door.

The folding bed has not been specifically described, inasmuch as many types of folding bedsteads are available for use in connection with this particular pivotal means. They all combine what will be called for convenience, the head of the bed to which the mattress frame is hinged on a horizontal pivot, the foot of the mattress being sup ported in the horizontal position by pivotal legs that swing down to support the mattress when' it is lowered to a horizontal position. The bedstead in a vertical position is swung in and out of the receptacle through the opening, and may be lowered on its horizontal pivot for use Within the room.

Having thus described this invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is;

1. In combination With a door opening; a rotary jamb; al door hinged in'said opening engaging said jamb; and a bed attached to said jamb.

2. In combination with a door frame, a rotary jamb vertically pivoted adjacent to one'side 4of the frame opening; a hanger at- 4tached to said jamb, and a bed engaging said hanger and .having a movement tangential to the arc of the swing of said jamb.

3. The combination with a wail having an opening therein, of a vertically disposed shaft rotatably mounted in said opening, a door jainb attached to said shaft, a bed, and means attached to said jamb for slidably supporting said bed.

4. In combination with a door opening, a rotary jamb vertically pivoted in said opening, a concave stile adjacent tosaid jamb, door stops on opposite edges of said jamb; a door in said opening adapted to engage said stops and a bed attached to said jamb.

5. In combination with a door frame; a door mounted in said frame, a rotary jamb vertically pivoted in said frame; a hanger attached to said jamb; and a bed slidable on said hanger substantially parallel vvith the plane of said jamb, said jamb having innerand outer stops to coperate with the door.

6. In combination with a door opening; a rotary j amb vertically pivoted in said opening; a door in said opening adapted to engage said jamb; spaced outward from said jamb; and a folding'bed slidable on said hanger.

7. In combination with a door opening, a vertical shaft journaled in one side of said opening, a jamb on the shaft, upper and lower supports carried by and projecting outwardly from the amb, and a bed mounted on the supports for horizontal move ments thereof.

8. The combination with a Wall having a. door opening, of a-rotatablejamb mounted at one side of said opening to swing on the arc of a circle, a bed carried by said jamb and having a sliding movement thereon within the closet toward or from the oppo site side of said opening.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day of April, 1914i. ELMER C. PITCHER. lNitnesses:

BALDWIN VALE, l/V. lV. HEALEY.

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